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"Good heavens, John, are you trying to start a war between the provinces and the mainland?" said Taya, the Ceres governor, in shock.

"Why don't you demand higher speeds? Why is America still neglecting the speed of its warships? As far as I know, the top speed of your most advanced battleship is only 21 knots. Do you have any idea what the speeds of British and German battleships are right now?" asked Chen Ning.

A few days later, the massive armies of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong invaded the territory of Xuzhou, successively capturing Pengcheng, Fuyang, and Wuyuan, and pressing directly upon Xiapi. Wherever the Cao army went, they pillaged cities and seized territory, slaughtering the populace and sacking cities along the way. They murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians, leaving corpses strewn across the land and rivers of blood in their wake, with not even a chicken or a dog left alive. The imperial court and the entire nation were shaken.

"But you used to just call them freaks, and now you call them espers. Your perspective is different now, isn't it?" Xiao Menglou smiled slightly.

"Do you remember last time when Lu Tong had surgery at the hospital? I secretly asked the doctor to preserve a blood sample from the child she aborted, so we can use that to appeal to Lu Tong. Tell Geng Zhiqiang that if he refuses mediation, Lu Tong will charge him with rape!" Yang Linxiao said seriously.

The route Cao Cao chose for his southward journey this time led from Liucheng southeastward along the Bohai Sea coast. This stretch of terrain was flat and wide; during the northern expedition, it had been impassable due to rain blocking the roads, but now it was late autumn with scarce rainfall, making the roads easy to travel once more.

A melodious voice drifted out from inside the carriage, and immediately afterward, the carriage curtain was pulled aside, revealing a peerlessly stunning face that could topple a kingdom.

Sitting cross-legged, Chen Yi was currently nursing quite serious injuries. Although he appeared to be fine on the surface, aside from severe physical exhaustion, his internal organs had also suffered heavy damage. To have survived after stubbornly withstanding the sword qi of a peak King-tier expert was already a major miracle—if he were to tell anyone about it, nobody would ever believe him.

Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind rushed toward his face, and Cui Feng splayed his five fingers, continuously firing off two dark spiritual bullets straight ahead. Following two distant muffled explosions echoing from afar, Cui Feng walked forward.

Although Yun Feng was also a body cultivator, as his cultivation realm advanced, his physical body could no longer keep pace. While his physical body was far stronger than those of ordinary peers at the same realm, the tier of his physical body lagged behind his actual cultivation realm by more than a single grade.

"How is the health of that student under your tutelage?" As soon as the two of them met, Comrade Mengde asked with a concerned expression.

The power to traverse time and space is an ability that only those in the Earth Immortal realm can wield. I have no idea how Lotus managed to acquire such a power.

These turned out to be two of the most mutually incompatible elemental energies, yet he had successfully cultivated both simultaneously. If they were to be fused together, they might generate an unimaginably immense amount of energy, which could potentially become one of his ultimate trump cards in the future. However, what astonished the crowd even more was not entirely these two incompatible elemental energies, but rather his speed.

Although Diteswa was belittling Zhang Yan verbally, in his heart he was filled with astonishment and admiration. While none of Zhang Yan's skills were particularly powerful, they connected almost seamlessly, and on several occasions, he even anticipated the exact spot where Diteswa intended to attack. This was definitely a talent of extraordinary rarity.

"You! You—fine! Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeiture, just wait and see," the burly man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said viciously.

Fortunately, after Suyou's reminder, the hall remained quiet, and none of those who had started bidding made any further offers. It seemed that this 260 million truly exceeded their psychological bottom line, or rather, surpassed the psychological valuation of this object in their minds.

Impossible! How could it be her? She was so pure and unsullied! How could this be? Liu Yiliang stared blankly at the screen, his face completely drained of color.

A chilling sensation came from the other person's fingertips, and Zhang Lei's mind suddenly went blank. Damn it! I—I was actually sexually assaulted by a chick?

The sudden appearance of Lei Xiu in the room startled Irene and the others, but a wave of joy washed over them immediately afterward. After all, Lei Xiu had just narrowly escaped death a moment ago, and although the reason was unknown, being able to return alive was ultimately a good thing.

"Dad, have you lost your mind? There are experts everywhere, it's just that they are few and far apart. Nothing is absolute in this world; must the inner martial arts world be entirely composed of experts? There is still a distinction between trash and ordinary people," Ye Bulang discoursed eloquently.

Sure enough, Wan Zihong's eyeballs were spinning within her delicate eye sockets, but she never dared to let the tears fall. She simply maintained a grievance-filled, pitiful expression.

Fragments of metal littered the ground, glittering ceaselessly under the blue light emitted by the warship. At a glance, they looked like countless stars in the night sky. Moli's sharp instincts honed from years as a blacksmith told him that these would undoubtedly make excellent materials for forging artifacts.

With the third crow of the rooster, Yunduan suddenly stood up from between the two children, reorganized his traveling gear, stared at them for a moment, and then descended the stairs without a sound.

"Let me see," Li Dagang said, holding several seven-inch color photographs found on the bed board. They showed an elderly man wearing a light blue jacket and a military-green peaked cap.

Seeing senior brother Boyu's appearance, Moli was somewhat disappointed. He had expected Boyu to fly into a rage, but he never imagined the reaction would be so lukewarm, entirely different from what he had anticipated.

Who would have expected that fate would not grant their wish, and today he collapsed and fell unconscious once more? Moreover, he fainted right in front of Situ Xuan. The illness struck whenever it pleased without any warning, and nobody could have anticipated it.

The distance from Huaishu to Wuchuan was merely over two hundred miles, which a single day's journey was enough to cover. The grasslands in September were at their most picturesque, and while the scenery along the road was as lovely as a painting, it could not compare to the longing for one's beauty at home.

Although sword intent is formidable, if one were to strike directly with overwhelming spiritual power, washing over it with several times the strength should theoretically be effective. However, the current effort was like a cup of water trying to put out a cartload of burning firewood, making Ma Jiangsai realize that Huo Ziqing's sword intent had already reached an extremely profound level.

Fei Junshuai cradled the corpse and crashed into the railing at the edge of the arena; the stone railing nearly snapped under the impact.

Yet, among ghost cultivators at the Ghost Emperor realm, for nearly a thousand years, perhaps not a single one had successfully made the breakthrough. Perhaps once Sun Buxing's dharma image successfully coalesced, he would become the first ghost cultivator in centuries to successfully ascend to the Ghost Emperor realm.